by Kenn McCracken / Mangesh & Jason – December 10, 2007 via MentalFloss.Com
1. The Monowheel – In 1869, French craftsman Rousseau of Marseilles built the first in history’s line of unsuccessful monocycles. Sitting inside the monowheel, a rider steered the contraption by shifting his or her weight in the desired direction. As if that [...]